EEG Only

The EEG Only Trading Model represents the regulatory-driven direct marketing approach for renewable generation assets under the German and Austrian Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) framework. It is only applicable to co-located BESS assets located in Germany and Austria.

Strategy Overview

  • Market Participation:
    • Day-Ahead market participation
    • Intraday market participation (Hourly & Quarter-Hourly)
    • No Intraday financial trades
    • No FCR, aFRR, or mFRR capacity or energy participation
    • No imbalance energy participation
    • No BESS power or capacity modeled (renewable-only asset)

Key Features

  • Applicable exclusively to renewable assets (PV, wind) marketed under the EEG Direktvermarktung (direct marketing) scheme
  • No battery storage capacity is modeled — asset power rating and capacity are set to zero, reflecting a generation-only asset
  • Sells forecasted renewable output into the Day-Ahead and Intraday spot markets, in line with EEG market premium requirements
  • Excludes ancillary markets and Intraday financial trades, keeping the model aligned with straightforward EEG-compliant marketing
  • Provides a clean baseline for evaluating the revenue an EEG-supported asset achieves through spot-market sale plus market premium

Risk Assessment

  • Risk Level: Low-Medium Risk
  • Strategy Type: Regulatory-Driven Direct Marketing Model
  • Objective: Ensure compliant, market-based sale of EEG-supported renewable generation while capturing available Day-Ahead and Intraday value

Under the EEG, renewable generators above a certain size are required to market their electricity directly into the wholesale markets rather than receiving a fixed feed-in tariff, receiving a market premium on top of the achieved market price. This model reflects that structure: forecasted generation is sold across Day-Ahead and Intraday markets, without the active arbitrage or storage optimization used in the BESS-focused trading models, since no storage asset is present.

The EEG Only configuration is intended for evaluating standalone PV or wind assets (or the renewable component of a hybrid site) operating under German or Austrian direct marketing obligations, providing a baseline revenue case independent of any co-located storage strategy.

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